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WILD CELERY 
BRINGS THE DIVING DUCKS 
Canvas-backs, Redheads, Bluebills, etc., darken the 
sky over the wild celery beds. A few years ago it 
was no trick at all to go out and get the limit of 
those big old Canvas-backs and Redheads, neither 
is it today where the Wild Celery beds abound. 
But, many of the vast Wild Celery beds of former 
years have disappeared; drainage, pollution and 
other causes have destroyed many and many an 
acre of them. We must utilize every lake, pond 
and stream to prolong this sport. 
You will find no better way to increase your en- 
joyment during your hours of recreation than shoot- 
ing these leery old divers. Thousands of them can 
be attracted to your local waters by establishing a 
growth of Wild Celery. 
All parts of the plant are eaten by the Wild Ducks, 
but the tender winterbuds and rootstocks are relished 
most. Once the Wild Celery is established in your 
waters it will grow there permanently. There is no 
danger of the ducks destroying the growth for there 
are many tubers which break off remaining in the 
mud and many plants are never molested which will 
produce the following year, All kinds of wild ducks 
like wild celery. 
IMPORTANT FOR FISH 
Wild Celery being a submerged water plant is 
also important as a food and cover plant for fish. 
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The plants support 
countless numbers of 
minute insect and 
animal life which 
fish depend upon for 
food. Fish also eat 
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plants themselves. A 
bed of Wild Celery 
will keep your wat- 
ers pure and clear 
and well oxygenated, 
which is important 
for fish life. The 
plants provide shel- 
ter and hiding places 
for young fish, where 
they can escape from 
their enemies, assur- 
ing many more of 
them reaching ma- 
turity. Wild Celery 
is an excellent winter food for Muskrats. 
WHAT AND WHEN TO PLANT 
The Wild Celery propagates in three ways, by 
seed, running roots and tubers. Seed of the Wild 
Celery may be planted from September 15 to Novem- 
ber 15 and will make a growth the following Summer. 
Tubers of Wild Celery may be planted during the 
months of April, May and June, and will make a 
quick and good growth by the following Fall. 
Wild Celery (Vallisneria Spiralis) 
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